Printing Installed Programs

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Hello,

Does anyone know if it's possible to print a list of all the installed
programs in Windows XP.

I want to format my hard drive and start clean but right now I have to
manually write down each installed program so I can re-install them after
formatting.

Someone must have faced this challenge or made this request at some point I
would guess!!!

-Alias
 
Alias said:
Does anyone know if it's possible to print a list of all the
installed programs in Windows XP.

I want to format my hard drive and start clean but right now I have
to manually write down each installed program so I can re-install
them after formatting.

Someone must have faced this challenge or made this request at some
point I would guess!!!
Click to expand...

Belarc Advisor
http://belarc.com/free_download.html

Don't forget installation/CD Keys!
Emails!
Contacts!
Documents!
Pictures!
Etc...
 
Alias said:
Does anyone know if it's possible to print a list of all the
installed programs in Windows XP.

I want to format my hard drive and start clean but right now I
have to manually write down each installed program so I can
re-install them after formatting.

Someone must have faced this challenge or made this request at
some point I would guess!!!
Click to expand...
Disregard previous post as I found this link that explains how to
do this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321379

Only thing though is that it does not print folders inside other
folders.

Oh well, guess it's better than nothing :-(
Click to expand...

Better read the other responses... The method you found will give you a
directory listing (and it can be modified to print sub-directories) - but
you really want what Belarc gives you for a format.. Because it will list
versions, keys, hardware devices, etc..

To repeat..

Belarc Advisor
http://belarc.com/free_download.html

Don't forget installation/CD Keys!
Emails!
Contacts!
Documents!
Pictures!
Favorites (Bookmarks)!
Etc...

As for the modification to print sub-directories... (And directory names
only - not file names..)

@echo off
dir %1 /-p /a:d /s /o:gn > "%temp%\Listing"
start /w notepad /p "%temp%\Listing"
del "%temp%\Listing"
exit
 
All who responded,


Thanks a million to all who replied to this. The suggested software provided
much more than I could have asked for but I am very happy with the results. A
very comprehensive list of information that tells me so much about my
computer.

All of you ROCK BIG TIME :-) Thanks again all........

-A
 
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